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Conducting business in today's fast moving society means that well-structured and well-documented commercial arrangements are absolutely essential. Well-structured transactions provide peace of mind and by addressing issues at the start, misunderstandings can be avoided in the longer term.

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Keypoint's lawyers are commercial and practical. We are experts in structuring deals, negotiating, and in managing risk across a broad range of transactions. We value long term relationships and we work strategically with our clients to help them realise their objectives.

Keypoint's lawyers advise on the full range of commercial transactions, in particular:

Philip has been a Consulting Principal with Keypoint Law since its Australian inception in May 2014. He is an experienced intellectual property and technology lawyer, who has repeatedly been listed by Euromoney’s Best of the Best as one of the top IP lawyers in the world. Philip is a former partner of Mallesons Stephen Jaques, where he was head of the firm’s acclaimed Intellectual Property & Technology Group.

Michael is an experienced lawyer with expertise in estate and superannuation planning, probate, and commercial law. Michael was a former partner at both Blakes (now Ashurst) and Atanaskovic Hartnell, a former Director at Macquarie Corporate Finance, and has also held senior roles in both the Commonwealth and NSW governments.

James is a corporate M&A lawyer with over 20 years’ experience gained in top-tier law firms and in-house. He acts on public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other corporate and commercial transactions. James is a former partner of Baker McKenzie, and prior to that, was Corporate Counsel at Singtel Optus.

Iain is a corporate and commercial lawyer with diverse expertise across a range of industries including oil and gas, infrastructure, ports stevedoring and logistics, manufacturing, distribution, IT and telecommunications. He is admitted to practise as a solicitor in Australia, the UK and South Africa with over 19 years' legal experience in commercial, project driven environments.

Sally is a commercial lawyer who worked in the M&A team at King & Wood Mallesons for 8 years, which included secondments to Morgan Stanley (as acting Head of Compliance), Goldman Sachs (as Australian General Counsel) and Sydney Airports Corporation (as in-house solicitor).
Sally’s experience working on major transactions includes:

Michael is a commercial and insurance lawyer with over 20 years’ in practice. He provides his clients with a “whole of business” perspective, bringing together aspects of law as diverse as international trade, insurance, contract negotiation, corporate governance and consumer regulation.
Michael’s practice has an international focus. Many of his clients are either Australian businesses that operate around the world, or foreign businesses trading in Australia.

Doug is a corporate and commercial law specialist with over 30 years’ experience acting for a broad range of clients, including private and public companies and Government bodies. Prior to joining Keypoint, Doug was an Executive Director of EY, and before that, was a partner at leading firms Gadens, Piper Alderman and Freehills (now Herbert Smith Freehills).

Suzy is an intellectual property and commercial contracts specialist who acts for clients across a range of industries including technology, retail, finance, fast-moving consumer goods, advertising, manufacturing, gaming and fashion.

Lora is a corporate and commercial lawyer with 15 years’ experience advising on mergers and acquisitions, major infrastructure and ICT projects, commercial contracts and government services. She also advises private and public companies, government and NFPs on corporate governance issues, with a particular focus on information governance (data protection, privacy, intellectual property and ICT).

Ian is a senior property and commercial lawyer, with experience gained both in-house, and in top-tier and boutique law firms, over more than 2 decades. He was senior legal counsel for a $2bn top-100 ASX-listed company, where he led a team responsible for the legal aspects of the business’s property and commercial transactions. Prior to that, Ian was a partner at a boutique law firm, and ran the firm’s property and commercial law practice.

Clare joined Keystone Law in 2007 and has since spent much of her time supporting the in-house legal team of a London-based company developing infrastructure projects (power, transportation, and water) in Sub-Saharan Africa, working on all phases from development through to implementation and construction. She also provides pro bono legal services to a UK wildlife conservation charity based in D. R. Congo.

Carolyn has a wealth of experience in company/commercial law and specialist skills in IT law and data privacy. She has a proactive approach and provides business-focused solutions on a broad range of commercial and corporate transactional matters and helps companies to address compliance issues particularly in regard to data privacy. Carolyn qualified with Clifford Chance and subsequently spent 10 years working in-house with ntl (now Virgin Media) and Hyperion Solutions (bought by Oracle in 2007).

Edward acts principally for SMEs, assisting with both commercial and employment law issues. He also frequently handles the acquisition and sale of private companies and businesses. Edward practised in the West End of London throughout his career before joining Keystone in 2010 and is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association.

Vicky is a commercial lawyer who specialises in intellectual property matters. She works across a range of industries and often draws upon a scientific background that includes first class honours in human sciences from Oxford. Vicky has a particular interest in the life sciences sector, and her clients range from individuals to PLCs.

Gillian is an IT, intellectual property and commercial lawyer who advises on commercial arrangements and the protection and exploitation of intellectual property. She has extensive experience in technology, digital media and marketing services contracts and particular expertise in IT and business process outsourcing, software development and licensing and issues affecting online businesses.

Simon specialises in online financial services, e-commerce and IT. His clients include e-money, gift card and payment services providers, online peer-to-peer finance platforms, crowd-investment firms and a cloud-based content delivery network. Simon is highly experienced in his field and has consulted as in-house payments counsel to WorldPay and Amazon.com.

Matthew advises entrepreneurs on complex commercial legal issues. Throughout his career, he has advised businesses and financial institutions on corporate and commercial transactions in the UK, Europe, USA, Asia and Australia. He was a solicitor at SJ Berwin and a founder executive and General Counsel for United Customer Management Solutions, a business process outsourcing company, where he was responsible for negotiating and managing a wide range of international transactions.

Lyndsay, who retrained as a lawyer following a career as a Commercial Manager within a PLC, has broad-ranging commercial experience. She has specialist skills in IT, ecommerce and intellectual property law and she created an intellectual property course for BPP Law School. She was previously at City law firms Richards Butler and Charles Russell before joining Keystone in 2004.

Katy is a company/commercial solicitor who also specialises in employment matters. This unique blend enables her to act for companies, owner-managers, investors, employers as well as employees. Katy was a partner at Farrer & Co before joining the firm in 2007.

Anna is a commercial and intellectual property lawyer with excellent in-depth experience gained from 10 years in private practice at Osborne Clarke and previously through running her own business. She specialises in advising on media and technology transactions.

An experienced intellectual property and information technology solicitor, Maureen works across a wide variety of sectors including healthcare, technology, education, travel, media and entertainment. Amongst other things she specialises in facilitating knowledge transfer between research organisations and industry.

A business minded lawyer with an MBA from Oxford University, Jaan is a corporate and commercial lawyer with a particular interest in entrepreneurial activity. He advises clients on their corporate structures as well as their ongoing day to day commercial activity.

Clare is an experienced commercial lawyer with particular expertise in telecoms and technology transactions. She has typically worked on strategic, complex and high-value negotiations, often involving an international element, and has significant experience advising senior management teams. Clare qualified at Osborne Clarke in 1999 where she then worked as a corporate solicitor. Before joining Keystone, she worked for 10 years in-house at Motorola.

Anna is an experienced commercial solicitor specialising in telecoms, internet and IT matters. She has an efficient and proactive approach and provides business-focused solutions. In addition to spending some time in private practice, Anna has held various senior in-house roles including Head of Legal at both Easynet and AboveNet.

A corporate lawyer with significant high level experience in the full range of corporate transactional work. Acts predominately for private companies but is also experienced in advising entrepreneurs, AIM listed companies, insolvency practitioners, academic organisations and financial institutions.

As one of the first IT lawyers in the UK, Marcus has a particular expertise in dealing with the technical issues that arise in this field. He also advises on associated IP and commercial matters. Prior to joining Keystone Law, Marcus spent many years both in-house and in private practice. This background means that his advice is practical and commercial and has led to him being well-known for his ability to explain complex matters in a simple and concise way.

Robert is a commercially focused solicitor specialising in intellectual property law. He spent 10 years in private practice in a music and media firm, before becoming General Counsel for 6 years for a mobile phone manufacturer and a further two years working for TomTom as their IP Counsel. His clients range in size from start-up entrepreneurs to multinational companies. Robert joined Keystone in 2005.

Anita is a business minded commercial lawyer with considerable in-house experience in the logistics outsourcing, pharmaceutical, facilities management and support service industries including over 8 years at Christian Salvesen PLC. She has a MBA with distinction from Henley Management College and brings a commercial, friendly, solutions-focused approach to all matters.

Meriel is an experienced commercial and intellectual property solicitor. She trained with Linklaters and subsequently worked in-house for Walt Disney and then again in private practice for Farrer & Co which gives her a commercial pro-active approach to advising clients. Meriel advises media, manufacturing, fashion, sporting and software clients on their commercial arrangements and protecting /exploiting their intellectual property rights. She joined Keystone in 2004.

Paul is a commercial lawyer who advises on the protection, acquisition and exploitation of intellectual property rights. He specialises in advising media clients and those in the sports industry. Paul trained at Farrer & Co and held partnerships at Theodore Goddard, (subsequently Addleshaw Goddard) and Campbell Hooper before joining Keystone Law in 2009.

Sarah is a general commercial lawyer having worked within a number of industry sectors, including manufacturing, IT and telecoms, payroll outsourcing, medical, publishing, media and travel. Sarah combines 10 years’ experience as a commercial manager with her legal skills in the private practice and in-house arenas, in both the national and international context. Sarah is bi-lingual in French.

Oliver has over 20 years’ experience settling disputes involving a wide range of commercial and intellectual property matters. He specialises in company and financial services disputes as well as trademark, copyright and libel claims. Oliver acts for both UK and international companies and has particular experience advising Russian entities. He has practised with a successful City firm and two leading West End media practices.

Nicholas is a highly experienced commercial lawyer with particular expertise in rights acquisition and exploitation, IT agreements and general commercial contracts such as agency, distribution and supply contracts. He regularly advises on gambling law issues.

Nicola is an experienced media and intellectual property lawyer, who specialises in giving commercial advice to publishing clients on pre-publication issues. She also has extensive litigation experience. Nicola was previously at niche media law firm, Best and Soames, and before that at Pinsents and Biddle & Co.

Tony is a true financial services and banking specialist. He has held senior legal positions at a range of household names including Barclays Wealth where he was Co-head of Legal. Since 2007 he has been in private practice, specialising in financial services law and FSMA regulation.

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A recent case in the NSW Supreme Court inadvertently highlighted the kind of contractual provision which is likely to fall foul of the forthcoming national laws dealing with unfair terms in business-to-business (B2B) contracts.

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This change in the law will vastly expand the scope for small business customers to vary, and possibly even exit, contracts with other businesses, whether small or large.

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